The Crisis of Identity

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  • @jnkelley42
    @jnkelley42 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1426

    I am 38. Detransitioning after years on HRT. I can only say thank you God for saving me from the pit.

    • @n.h6001
      @n.h6001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

      Thank you Father for delivering your child from this deception
      I’m glad to hear you are headed the right way. Many blessings ☦️

    • @louisdeniau8571
      @louisdeniau8571 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you are a lying christian

    • @andrewklados4096
      @andrewklados4096 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      😀🙏🏻✝️🌷

    • @KatieCox-p7u
      @KatieCox-p7u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Thank you for sharing your testimony. Keep spreading your testimony as it glorifies God. ❤

    • @orthodox1717
      @orthodox1717 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Glory to God!

  • @knekki.
    @knekki. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +564

    I am a 25 year old detransitioning woman. I decided to stop feeding into my trans-identity less than a year after I had amputated my breasts and 3 years on hormones. I thought that amputating my breasts and distancing myself from everything that was naturally feminine about my body, would make me feel happy and free.. It did not, instead I just felt more broken and lonely than ever before. I realized that we only get one life on this earth, and this body is the single most precious gift I have.. One, healthy, perfectly made vessel through which I get to experience all that life has to offer, but instead of cherishing it, I was punishing it. I had to work very hard to deconstruct the internal, mental and emotional system of ideas that led me to pursue transition in the first place. It was difficult, but certainly worth the time, pain and effort. 4 years have passed since I first began de-transitioning and I feel good. I converted and became a catholic 2 months ago, I'm getting married in two months, I have good friends who pray for me and look out for me. I never thought I would heal from all the damage I caused to myself, but here we are. All praise be to God. Guard your children from harmful infuences and teach them how to resist and use reason when they encounter dangerous ideas.

    • @nessaseetah1805
      @nessaseetah1805 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Bless you! ❤

    • @phillipvaleri2754
      @phillipvaleri2754 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      God bless you. Thank you for sharing your story.

    • @MarcosGuerrero-wo7mm
      @MarcosGuerrero-wo7mm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Congratulations your story was inspiring

    • @andrewilson3150
      @andrewilson3150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      2 Corinthians 3:18-- Continue to spend time beholding the glory of God so that you become transformed into His image from one degree of glory to another.

    • @MrHalo087
      @MrHalo087 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Congratulations. Unfortunately the devil has alot of people in his grasp. Glad you escaped and found god.

  • @MWear-x8t
    @MWear-x8t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +225

    My daughter was raised in a rural place and we had no internet, she watched two movies a week and no tv. She was only exposed to the internet and video games when she was 10. She is 14 now and can see the world so much more clearly than other teenagers her age. She says the kids her age think all the stuff online is normal because they were exposed so young. She remembers just spending time in nature.

    • @blabbergasted4380
      @blabbergasted4380 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      God bless! What a great gift to your daughter.

    • @mailvoor698
      @mailvoor698 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the curse of the celebrity kids too

    • @sonofclay
      @sonofclay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      She'll have a much healthier neurology as well.
      Those who grew up on phones are literally neurologically addicted to interactive screens

    • @sonofclay
      @sonofclay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I feel very fortunate to have grown up in the 80s and 90s

    • @camelotenglishtuition6394
      @camelotenglishtuition6394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You did an amazing job as a parent!

  • @VladislavScipio
    @VladislavScipio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +816

    Imagine spending thousands seeing a therapist when you could just go talk to an Orthodox priest.

    • @pennyk1943
      @pennyk1943 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      They don’t go because of pride, spite, not “fashionable”, parents & priest don’t know anything 😞

    • @LadyMaria
      @LadyMaria 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      Many Priests and a few Bishops were once secular psychologists and psychiatrists too! They can take the knowledge they got for their doctorate and transform it with the teachings of the Church to help people. 🤗

    • @yetii517
      @yetii517 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@pennyk1943 maybe it didn't occur to them, maybe they're confused, lost. Maybe it's pressure. It's a bit unfair to assume people don't seek counsel from their parents and priests because they're selfish. Seeing as though most parents and religious authorities I've spoken to have destroyed my trust

    • @sfappetrupavelandrei
      @sfappetrupavelandrei 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      If you can replace a therapist with a priest, it means that you never needed a therapist. You just did it because that was popular.

    • @skmbeats1993
      @skmbeats1993 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      If you think it's okay to come to the monastery for that, then yes, but maybe it would be better to think about the whole concept of Orthodoxy, because I personally think that it's the only way to touch the heavens.

  • @ministryforlostchildren
    @ministryforlostchildren 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +327

    I had to break up with my girlfriend because she wants to transition, I love her but it hurts to see her not only destroy her body but rebel against God and contort the natural order.

    • @LadyMaria
      @LadyMaria 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Lord have mercy. 🙏

    • @walpurgisnacht9234
      @walpurgisnacht9234 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I’m sure that was a very hard decision. May God bless you and watch over her.

    • @georgematta1700
      @georgematta1700 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      You made the right decision. Be there for her. I know it’s not easy with the emotions of a relationship clouding things but if you can keep those feelings aside and be there for her spiritually, maybe you can help her back on the path. Peace be with you.

    • @H2ORaccoon
      @H2ORaccoon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I'm sorry to hear that, pray that the Lord deliver her from whatever is ailing her mind to make this decision

    • @elEterno144
      @elEterno144 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@georgematta1700 and meanwhile he hurts himself. the better is let her go and let her do her. we give advice for good but if people do not want to listen we cannot do anything about. let her exercise her fr3e will. we cannot obligate no one to do anything, God do not obligate us to do nothing ¿who are we to do it?.
      Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what [a]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [b]communion has light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14
      New King James Version

  • @elusivemayfly7534
    @elusivemayfly7534 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +247

    I did social media fasts during Lent this year and last, and it was massively helpful.
    It showed me how dependent I was on instant entertainment and distraction. In a week or so, I was so much more peaceful and productive. When I returned, I could see how social media jerked my emotions around.
    As I type this, maybe I feel a nudge to do a social media fast now.

    • @AndrewHager-o1m
      @AndrewHager-o1m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is why the only thing I use is TH-cam I don't really consider it social media.
      I don't have a Facebook I don't have a Twitter I don't have an Instagram I don't have any of that trash.
      I really think social media is one of the most evil bad things that you can have on your phone.
      Phone's themselves are very addicting.. when you slap on something like social media and then being all obsessed with your online presence you have a dangerous combination especially for kids or for people who are grown ups but not grown up emotionally and mentally and there's a lot of those out there..
      You should just quit social media.
      Stop fasting from it just quit it.
      I am so much happier since I quit it back in 2016.
      And I used to be a heroin addict..
      I think if I was still using social media even though I've only been clean for 141 days. I think if I was still using social media it would be 10 times harder for me to stay clean because it would have been 10 times harder for me to cut all the people I needed to out of my life and it would be harder to hide from those people.
      You know how people are when you try to distance yourselves they tend to pop back in your life or try to find ways to pop back in your life.
      I had to smash my phone change my number all kinds of crazy stuff but I'm glad I did it.
      Now I've graduated from trade school(CNC).
      I'm about to start my apprenticeship at an awesome tool and die shop.
      I just got my first credit card 40 days ago about.
      I just financed my first vehicle an SUV and literally just got it two days ago.
      I don't think I would have any of those things because I wouldn't be able to stay clean and sober if I had social media.
      It's just too hard to distance yourself with social media from bad people or people that you want to distance yourself from.
      Even if you block them you still are going to get the temptation once in awhile to speak with them one day or they might just make a new profile there's just too many variables.
      When you get rid of it outright, not only are you freed from caring about your worthless online presence that literally means nothing but you have the opportunity to escape from everybody that you really don't want to associate with, completely.
      Not only that you don't have to worry about seeing stuff that you don't want to see reading stuff that you don't want to read. You don't have to worry about being censored. You don't have to worry about the online you at all.
      Unfortunately TH-cam itself is getting really censory.
      I've seen my comments get deleted days later even weeks later but I've seen them go bye-bye if I'm talking about a certain thing.
      I've watched them get deleted in real time minutes after posting.
      I've watched myself post comments say they're posted and then they don't post.
      I've had it just say that it can't post it because there's some error.
      Anytime I talk about something too heavily God related on most videos it gets deleted or it just will not post.
      I've started to notice other people talking about this a little bit more in the comments on random videos.
      I stopped making comments much of the time because it's just not worth it because I can't truly say what I want to say most of the time.
      I wouldn't be surprised if this disappeared.
      there's been so many times that I've checked back on previous videos from months back or weeks back and tried to search for my comment under a certain post or just look through the comments if it was my opening post and in both situations I've seen them just be gone.. and it's always because I'm either talking about God and doing the right thing in accordance to God's will or it's when I'm talking about being clean and sober from drugs or when I'm talking about conservative values.
      Give TH-cam five more years.. you won't even recognize it.
      You should just get off social media.
      Why fast from it?
      It's not a necessity like food.
      That's like fasting from smoking.. or fasting from dope..
      why not just quit?.
      I'm not trying to hate on you I'm not talking smack about you I'm just giving you a suggestion because I think you would be a lot happier if you just dumped it all together.
      I have nothing but respect for you for taking fasts from social media but I think the right thing to do and if you really pray about it and talk to God about it he will tell you the same thing, drop it altogether.
      The best part about that the void that will be left over from not having social media God will fill that with something righteous and good he always does.

    • @wildericappears1610
      @wildericappears1610 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same here

    • @katelynnedmunds216
      @katelynnedmunds216 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. It's incredible how it is eye opening on how enslaved we are even to the smallest of things. You put it aside and it creates emptiness that we can fill with everything that is good in the eyes of God, or even simply be with God.
      What I remind myself is : if even Jesus was tempted, there's no reason why we wouldn't be. And He gave us the tools. ❤️ He also knows our hearts.

  • @skittenhund
    @skittenhund 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    Catholic here but I'm loving the straight forward logic and reason coming from the orthodox church. Keep preaching God's reasoning, it clicks for those truly seeking the truth in a world of lies. 🙏🏻🌹

    • @ThomasCarney-r9v
      @ThomasCarney-r9v 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@skittenhund it's very unfortunate that many Catholic priests don't have the GUTS that this Orthodox priest has.

    • @Ascus33
      @Ascus33 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ❤️ Let’s transcend denominations ❤️

    • @ThomasCarney-r9v
      @ThomasCarney-r9v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Ascus33 you're crazy.

    • @susandrew8977
      @susandrew8977 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@skittenhund protestant here, I agree!

    • @Thenonevloggingnun
      @Thenonevloggingnun 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please pray the Rosary150 to save souls from the Jewish Hell and to build up your spiritual protection.
      Deam Matronam Nostrae please protect me during my silence.
      In Nomine Deum Jesum Christum et Deam Matronam Nostrae et Deum Patrum Spiritum Sanctum.
      Oh my Deum Jesum Christum please pardon my sins and save me from the fires of hell. Please deliver all souls from purgatory especially those in most need. (3x)
      Deam Matronam Nostrae et Deum Jesum Christum et Deum Patrum Spiritum Sanctum
      (Ask God for what you want / intention)
      Ave Deam Matronam Nostrae gratia plena. Deum Patrum Spiritum Sanctum tecum. Deam Matronam Nostrae Matram Deum Jesum Christum miserecordia pro nobis peccatoribus nunc et en hora mortis nostrae. (150x)
      In Nomine Deum Jesum Christum et Deam Matronam Nostrae et Deum Patrum Spiritum Sanctum.
      Please practise chastisement and don't obey the demons! 🙏

  • @divineikarii
    @divineikarii 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    I'm a highschool student who's 17, an Orthodox catechumen living in the Philippines.. all I can say is, thank you Fr. Paul Truebenbach and Roots of Orthodoxy for your words and your opinions that helped me motivate even further into the Orthodox Faith, Lord knows when I will truly witness the Divine Liturgy and get baptized into the faith.. praying for the Philippines to have an Orthodox church in my hometown, God bless! ☦️

    • @chucksolutions4579
      @chucksolutions4579 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What is a catchumen?

    • @nickstone3113
      @nickstone3113 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      God bless you and yr journey ❤️

    • @matthewhebbert9712
      @matthewhebbert9712 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@chucksolutions4579 a "catechumen" is a learner, someone who is under instruction before baptism. "Catechesis" comes from Greek κατήχησις meaning "instruction by word of mouth."

    • @IosuamacaMhadaidh
      @IosuamacaMhadaidh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You will get a church one day, even if it is one you build. Maybe you are the young man who becomes the Father who brings Orthodoxy to the Philippines? Pray on it. God bless you and the Philippines! Christ is risen!☦

    • @walkingintranquillity9071
      @walkingintranquillity9071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@IosuamacaMhadaidhfantastic response

  • @irinas3513
    @irinas3513 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    "If we are to know ourselves, we must first know God. And that's why self-knowledge is so difficult" - this is absolutely true!

    • @charlessynowiec3876
      @charlessynowiec3876 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the human heart is wicked. ppl really think we’re our own god but we’re the same beings who can’t even promise tomorrow. God is necessary

  • @TheActualCorrectOpinion
    @TheActualCorrectOpinion 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +155

    I woke up at 3PM today and, for some reason, I have a lot of motivation to pray, read the bible, go to church, read the lives of the saints, etc.

    • @sofiebult
      @sofiebult 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wish it

    • @sebastianf3861
      @sebastianf3861 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi! Is there a book you can recommend when you want to read about the saints? Maybe a collection?

    • @elEterno144
      @elEterno144 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sebastianf3861 i know the question is not for me but, i recommend you to read the confessions of st augustine.

    • @tristamthefriendlyknight8494
      @tristamthefriendlyknight8494 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Holy spirt brother. :)
      It’s a wonderful thing.

    • @melaninmonroeeee
      @melaninmonroeeee หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same , the holy spirit is working on/through us 🤎 Embrace it , feels good 🙏🏾✨

  • @marcelawestberry6071
    @marcelawestberry6071 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    The same thing with plastic surgery, I was a victim of an ideology of beauty, ultimately reining my health. Sold as a standard of beauty, but in the back and behind all the cameras, there are thousands of women suffering from the consequences of these demonic force.

    • @ritaamor283
      @ritaamor283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      It became so normalized, it’s terrible. It so crazy to see society stray from God and the Church because they feel it’s too restraining or it evokes suffering and then they go and put themselves under so much suffering for other reasons, it’s really really sad.

    • @ritaamor283
      @ritaamor283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I am glad you left, what is afterall an ideology :) as a woman I really thank God that as an adolescent I didn’t had money for plastic surgeries, we are so fragile and vulnerable at that age 🙏

    • @mother_prana
      @mother_prana 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes! And if you notice extreme body modification has become normalized within the trans and plastic surgery communities. And it's truly an addiction to fulfill what you believe your ego should appear as. Funnily enough though everyone, trans or not, ends up looking the same... I don't know if you've ever seen or read Laughing Man but this desire to mold the flesh into something entertaining really reminds me of the comprachicos.

    • @teeciewalk
      @teeciewalk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ritaamor283I agree I had a guy tell me he didn’t want to be saved because he wanted to be free. He felt Christianity was too restraining. Little does he know true freedom is in Christ.

    • @forbiddenapple4551
      @forbiddenapple4551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Plastic surgery, antybiotics, lightning rod and pokemons, they are all Satanic forces xD

  • @Jones-w5i
    @Jones-w5i 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    Im a nurse, years ago while elderly patient was dying, i held her hand, she whispered to me im worried if i will go to heaven, i told her just believe in Jesus jesus, you will. She smiled.

    • @etherealbladerx8153
      @etherealbladerx8153 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Lot more to it than that lots more rules that needed to be upheld throughout life before death otherwise...nope you ain't getting in the only ones that do like that are babies

    • @freesaints
      @freesaints 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@etherealbladerx8153 I believe there are cases where you can have a death bed repentance. The most important thing is having a change of heart and realizing that you are in error and that salvation comes through Christ. While not exactly related to death bed repentance, Christ does have a parable for repenting later in life. Matthew 20: 1-16

    • @sirbeesknees
      @sirbeesknees 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@etherealbladerx8153faith isn't work. The only way to the father is through Jesus. He loves us and forgives us, and all we have to do is accept this love.

    • @helenestiernstrand6575
      @helenestiernstrand6575 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@etherealbladerx8153Christ forgives all sins if one is repentant so thats not true.

    • @pokeylope6108
      @pokeylope6108 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      This is the problem today, Jesus never said go ahead and sin even when you know it's bad and I'll forgive you.
      Glad you were there for that woman, and of course no need to worry her before death. But on a theological and practice level, Jesus never said go ahead and sin.

  • @nataleo9093
    @nataleo9093 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    I don't think I am a Christian, but my heart is open. I very much enjoyed the wisdom of Fr. Paul's words. Thank you for sharing. Especially about truth & love.

    • @alexb7596
      @alexb7596 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I think it's great you are open to opinions!

    • @Nwflhvacguy
      @Nwflhvacguy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      As mankind we are so caught up with our egos that we have a distorted view of what love is. Fr. Paul is absolutely correct on this teaching. I have found a lot of churches teach what we must do to be saved. I have found that salvation is mercy extended to us. And mercy and love is the Orthodox Church. Some “Christians” will condemn and judge out of spite and this superiority complex which is not true Christianity. We can judge with righteousness and love and we are commanded not suggested to love our neighbor as ourselves. That commandment alone is so powerful and changing when we tap in to what it truly means. Mercy and love. Not tolerance for evil things but mercy and love and compassion. I highly recommend you go to your nearest Orthodox Church. Don’t worry about if it’s Russian or Greek or Antiochian. Just go. My first liturgy I was in tears with how powerful it was and what God showed me that day.

    • @georgematta1700
      @georgematta1700 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      We’ll be here with open arms once you’re ready. In the meantime, peace be with you.

    • @Matchlessoriginal
      @Matchlessoriginal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I'm praying for you

    • @alemarja
      @alemarja 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      „but my heart is open“.. how nicely you worded that 🩷 I hope it stays open

  • @BarzOnTheWindow1
    @BarzOnTheWindow1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    “Tolerance is the virtue of the man without conviction.” -GK Chesterton
    I am a Roman Catholic, and I thoroughly enjoy the wisdom I have heard here. Thank you for expanding my knowledge!

  • @stephencook567
    @stephencook567 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    I live in Grand Rapids Michigan.
    About an hour and a half away is the monastery that Fr. Roman Braga served in until his repose.
    I was maybe 15 or 16 on my first visit for one of their “work days” where the community comes together and helps the nuns take care of outside tasks.
    I remember standing next to a pond with a circle of men talking when I saw a small man draped in black make his way towards us.
    He joined our circle, would occasionally speak very quietly & gently.
    But the thing I will never forget is what I felt in that moment.
    I felt his love. That’s probably the best way to describe an indescribable feeling. His face shined when he spoke. Time slowed down, my attention was solely fixed on this gentle quiet man. I’ve heard someone describe being next to a Saint by saying they “were making the grass grow” and I like that phrase.
    I’ve visited Holy Dormition Monastery many times since it holds a special place in my family’s heart. Even when you said his name in the video I got excited & had to comment.
    Thank you for this video, I enjoyed the topic very much.
    God bless you Fr. Paul & Memory Eternal to Fr. Roman ☦️

    • @skittenhund
      @skittenhund 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's so beautiful! Just curious, what's the symbol at the end of your comment?

    • @ritaamor283
      @ritaamor283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am so thankful that you shared that memory, it really moved me 🙏

    • @TransGurl.VrilX.1488
      @TransGurl.VrilX.1488 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You felt his love? Lol. You felt what you felt.

    • @TransGurl.VrilX.1488
      @TransGurl.VrilX.1488 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a transsexual hunny stout true protestant Yankee dandy in intellect, quaker in heart, and southerner on foot.
      Beware of foreign influence, stupid.
      I use head and shoulders for shampoo and mixchicks for conditioner. lol

    • @nuzzi6620
      @nuzzi6620 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ⁠@@skittenhundIt’s the Cross… the three-barred cross is traditional to Orthodox Christianity, especially to the Russian Church. The top bar is the sign above our crucified Lord’s head that read _King of the Jews;_ the long bar in the centre is where His arms were spread out; the bottom bar is the footstool where His feet would rest as He hung there on the cross.

  • @jukedbyjerome
    @jukedbyjerome 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +195

    We are so back

    • @louisdeniau8571
      @louisdeniau8571 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lying christian

    • @joylarson9040
      @joylarson9040 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The screen is allowing me to listen to you. ☦🙂

    • @KostasS19
      @KostasS19 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      fr ☦️🔥🔥

    • @NFS0038
      @NFS0038 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Thank God for Fr Paul, you can actually watch him become wiser, more assured, dialectically stronger, and more based over time by watching old vs new videos featuring him. Another great example of imperfect humanity, but ascent through humility and ever growing knowledge.

    • @islandgirl024
      @islandgirl024 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wards

  • @theotherkangaroo
    @theotherkangaroo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Seek first the Kingdom of God & His righteousness... ✝️

  • @andrewilson3150
    @andrewilson3150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I'm non-denominational and don't know this Pastor's name, but this guy was PREACHING!
    Loved it. It fed my soul. I was immediately reminded that I missed church on Sunday driving back from New York. Thanks Pastor.
    I will share this with my kids. They are in the middle of this cultural warfare, and a far more accepting of this identity crisis.
    I will pray for some of you in the comments.
    Christ is the answer,

    • @Ascus33
      @Ascus33 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      (De)(nom)inations, see that bro?

    • @podvizhnikband2775
      @podvizhnikband2775 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This is Fr. Paul Truebenbach, you should find more of his videos! He is amazing and has lots of wisdom to share.

    • @TOughC234
      @TOughC234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He is a priest. 😊 The Orthodox tend not to just preach and do pastoral work, but Live in such a way to inspire others. The unseen warfare is difficult, but so worth it.

    • @justjuol3703
      @justjuol3703 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amen 🙏🏼

  • @LemogangM
    @LemogangM 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "If we are to know ourselves, we must first know GOD"! Beautiful.

  • @laurahughes8902
    @laurahughes8902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I have always been an atheist. I was also left wing and subscribed to all of its ideologies. Then I had children, with my husband, and my mind began to clear. What really pushed me away the most was the attack on children by the left. Every day these ideologies push me closer and closer to God. What they are doing makes me believe that evil exists. Every day I worry about my 3 children and the world they are coming up in. We’ve started attending church and I’ve denounced all left wing stances in my life.

    • @Yourfavoritehermit
      @Yourfavoritehermit 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same. Glad the scales have been removed from your eyes. God bless sister.

  • @darkcylander
    @darkcylander 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    eastern spirituality says the ego is the source of all suffering. I really think they hit the nail on the head.

    • @user-qj3wn8bg9u
      @user-qj3wn8bg9u 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      10000% and in modern day society being ego-centric is praised. It’s so sad. But I’m glad not everyone thinks this way. Nice comment.

  • @aramis2057
    @aramis2057 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The members of your church are blessed to have a priest like you .Thank you for your videos

    • @ieshjust16
      @ieshjust16 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, they are.

  • @LightHouse_222
    @LightHouse_222 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤ I just discovered Fr Paul today.
    His ability to transmit advice in a way that is not forceful but rather filled with a joyful alternative, appeals to me.
    Sometimes the mountain looks so high, one doesn't take the first step.
    Father is sharing in a way that shows how he took small steps and changed his life.
    Thank you 🙏

  • @kaybrown4010
    @kaybrown4010 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Memory Eternal, Fr. Roman. ❤️☦️
    Thank you, Fr. Paul.

  • @henryconner780
    @henryconner780 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Indeed, Christ warned us about all of this. That is why I continue to trust him and will forever, even in the darkest of moments. God bless ❤

    • @noodles2459
      @noodles2459 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.” -Jesus

  • @shanejones4058
    @shanejones4058 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I got rid of every social media but TH-cam. Couldn’t be happier, and I found god and the “agenda” is clear to me, so clear it brought me BACK to Jesus Christ.

    • @hugdonluther2044
      @hugdonluther2044 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same. Happy to be free from reddit, twitter, tiktok, facebook, pinterest. It's toxic. You can't say get free but still do exception for 1 and 2.

  • @troyhavok8605
    @troyhavok8605 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Thank you. Those last words are something we need to consider always. When people look in at Christians and see us bickering and angry just like the rest of the world we are not serving God. How can we be the light of the world if we don't live a different Way than what the world has to offer?

  • @jeanneelisabeth
    @jeanneelisabeth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    What a wonderful example Fr. Braga gave us to emulate!

    • @LordFartPants
      @LordFartPants 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No thanks. He can keep the head dents 😂

  • @nassergabriel4778
    @nassergabriel4778 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Thank you Father Paul ☦

  • @ChrisHansenSWFL
    @ChrisHansenSWFL 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Excellent example in the three circles. Also, the point of we can’t know our identity without knowing Our Creator - in whose image we are made. Thank you, Father.

  • @carolined3058
    @carolined3058 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Well spoken with a lot of care , hope and belief in our Lord.

  • @momofsixkm
    @momofsixkm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Thank you for speaking truth in a simple and easy to understand way. ☦️

  • @catherinehume9193
    @catherinehume9193 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Thank you. This is the first time I have heard this Father and I am thankful.
    I am thankful I knew Jesus from a young age. Good stopped me becoming a monster. My home growing up was violent. My sister was violent to her boyfriends. I am glad I knew that God did not want me to have girlfriends. I would have been violent and just used them for the obvious with no love involved from my part.
    I am also glad I went to God with what we called back then Gender Identity Disorder. I had it age 9-34. It was caused by violence in the home, bullying in childhood and being around the sex industry. I had no good female role models but men were kind, good, intelligent and supportive. I identified with the behaviours of the men around me and not with the nasty, sexual and sexuality gets you everywhere behaviours of the women around me. That is why I thought I was a different gender and wanted a man’s body. I am glad I went to God about this and He took me out of the poisonous environment and I was healed instantly.
    God is amazing and wants the best for us. Thanks be to God!

  • @allisona6482
    @allisona6482 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Thank you, Father Paul! May the Mother of God protect you 🙏🏻☦️

  • @richardlamb4609
    @richardlamb4609 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Such a smart man! Thank you, Father!

  • @mikem8650
    @mikem8650 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Thank you Father. I am enlightened by your wisdom.

  • @ericschantz4275
    @ericschantz4275 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The voice of the Truest Tuning Fork ever!!! Thanks so much, Fr. Paul.

  • @WORKOUTSOLUTIONS
    @WORKOUTSOLUTIONS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    ❤✝CHRIST IS RISEN ✝❤
    ❤💪🙏✝GOD BE WITH US AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS ✝🙏⛪🕊

  • @SieddMcNeil
    @SieddMcNeil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks for this. I think Fr Truebenbach is doing an admirable job in communicating Holy Orthodoxy to the world. Glory to God! 🙏☦️

  • @poptart2323
    @poptart2323 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Bless this channel! It’s been a great source of added information in my learning and growing of theological basis. I am eternally grateful. Also thank you for Fr. Paul Trubenbauch. May all who see this video be as moved as I am by each and every upload!

  • @cheriecovington
    @cheriecovington 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My college professor would always say just that.. We are very serious about NOT being serious! WOW!

  • @nareegreel
    @nareegreel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Love without truth" and "truth without love" ... I'm going to use that going forward

  • @marianarusu7594
    @marianarusu7594 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I see how many problems are în America' s society. The more we struggle to survive in a society that gives you the freedom to give up Christ, the very essence of our lives, the greater our problems become. America is in great need for Orthodoxy, and I pray God that every American in seek of Christ, to experience the encounter of Orthodoxy like Seraphim Rose had .

    • @Slavianophile
      @Slavianophile 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Father Seraphim is really a shining example of swimming against the current!

    • @eddiewood7573
      @eddiewood7573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It should not be orthodoxy that we should strife for, The Way And The Truth Is Jesus Christ Only And His Word The Bible ❤

  • @joshcoolblueee
    @joshcoolblueee หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He’s right . Took a break from social media out the phone down. Went to work and everyone was on there phone like robots. Governments , protesting it’s really bad take a step back and you can see how cruel it has become.

  • @nadinedennison724
    @nadinedennison724 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I found this to be extraordinarily insightful. I also love how Father explains how he is just still thinking this through.

  • @waskomrussell6439
    @waskomrussell6439 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is wisdom that so many need to hear and understand

  • @blabbergasted4380
    @blabbergasted4380 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God's peace is a wonderful gift. Parable of decluttering the heart can definitely help you see.
    Thank you for this podcast.

  • @nicksalvador9729
    @nicksalvador9729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This was a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing this. God bless you. 🙏🏽☦️🕊️

  • @nalveyna
    @nalveyna 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Bible says do not lean on your own understanding. God's way is always the best way & his laws are just. They are not burdensome to those that truly love the Lord.

  • @annalynn9325
    @annalynn9325 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Seems not widely understood, but childhood trauma causes undeveloped identity. Including possibly the most socially accepted of childhood traumas, divorce. Also, we don’t question allowing our children to be raised by institutions. Unstable identities are easily directed to dark corners

    • @musikgirl7
      @musikgirl7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well stated. Thank you.

    • @forbiddenapple4551
      @forbiddenapple4551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, bad genes are to blame, trauma is just a trigger. Mutations arise spontaneously so must be removed

    • @user-qj3wn8bg9u
      @user-qj3wn8bg9u 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thanks for saying this!! I was traumatized by my parents by abuse! And I was always blamed. It hurt. But I found my way back to God through people who helped me. Love is the answer. ❤

    • @fridge3489
      @fridge3489 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah childhood trauma is a big deal.
      I have a feeling that my various negative experiences all have played some positive role, and maybe even continue to. I am in Christ.

  • @sheilahawkins8861
    @sheilahawkins8861 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a truthful and beautiful message, He is absolutely right. The heart ❤️ has to have Jesus ,too detox negative from our heart.

  • @BelladonnaRiso
    @BelladonnaRiso 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I thoroughly enjoy listening to Fr. Paul's talks.

  • @sarz3547
    @sarz3547 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks father, this was great spiritual nourishment 🙏

  • @J.William78
    @J.William78 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cold hard facts and truth. The world needs this so very desperately. Thank you father for a truly blessed upload. Praise to the Lord.

  • @Omcareeobisnuitye
    @Omcareeobisnuitye 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    May God bless you dear priest!

  • @donnabrooks8492
    @donnabrooks8492 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Couldn't be more in agreement with you.....what's truly sad is this whole ordeal was thought through, pre meditated, an planned to divide us further, instead of uniting us as beings and REALIGNING US WITH YESHUA CHRIST❤❤❤❤🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @LoveBeliefTruth
    @LoveBeliefTruth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Totally agree with the vacuum. But also digital world and social media is huge impact, also social isolation. People don’t belong to anything socially, they just fill they mind with constant media input that’s so fast they don’t even consciously know what they are feedinh their minds with. It’s a kind of hypnosis. But who’s the hypnotist?

  • @rize_as2ault_bb644
    @rize_as2ault_bb644 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Fr Paul is so wise✝️

  • @KarenK-r4f
    @KarenK-r4f 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really like the information you give. You are thoughtful and thought provoking. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

  • @ohazeldean
    @ohazeldean 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Catholic here! You hit the nail on the head with this. Keep up the good work

  • @EurodanceBlog
    @EurodanceBlog 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Father thank you for explaining this, really amazing to see an American preaching orthodoxy. It's a real pleasure to listen to him. All the blessings 🙌 and more materials with Father.

  • @allysengalvanek5736
    @allysengalvanek5736 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Absolutely beautiful. Amen!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @sebastianlordd6561
    @sebastianlordd6561 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will be listening to you everyday hence forth, another man of God making my faith firm, thank you and may God Bless you

  • @bzljazbla
    @bzljazbla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you, so well spoken! Isuse Hriste pomiluj nas gresne.

  • @kurtbansag935
    @kurtbansag935 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you this is indeed very edifying! Stay strong ! Christ Is Risen!

  • @mdjordjevic08
    @mdjordjevic08 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless you father Paul for your awesome testimony. Amen and amen.

  • @Alex-xl9ck
    @Alex-xl9ck 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very needed and positive message. The intellect, tone and pure faith shines through this blessed man. Thank you.

  • @patrick9876
    @patrick9876 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wise words, Father. I’ll definitely save this video for future reference for my sake.

  • @marionmarcetic7287
    @marionmarcetic7287 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I Love Your Preaching From The Holy Scripture's With The Gentle Fire 🔥🔥🔥 Of The Holy Spirit Father Paul Truebenbach! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅❤❤❤‼️

  • @Bones469
    @Bones469 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Fr. Paul Truebenbach, not sure if you will see these comments but I wanted to thank you for you catechism classes. I have been going through them and will most likely become a Catechumen this Sunday down South at St. Xenia's with Fr. Justin.
    BTW - I think the link to your channel above in the description may be off. Hopefully *Root of Orthodoxy* sees this so they can correct it.

  • @nickmuzekari6124
    @nickmuzekari6124 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of the best talks I've seen in years and probably the most important for me to hear. So many gems. Thank you, Father.

  • @odgreene23
    @odgreene23 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Heavens n Earth 🌍 will pass away but God words will remain even after all is gone 🙏🏿🙏🏿

  • @karenwinton11
    @karenwinton11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had prayed for knowledge of the bible, wisdom & strength. Then i wondered y i was being bombarded with trials, until i realised in job, i cant gain these without being tested. I was being taught, now im at peace. Jesus said, dont be part of the world for the world will hate u, but it hated me first. God doesn't change his standards, dont change yours. Blessings to u all x

  • @RachelRichards
    @RachelRichards 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you, Father Paul. I truly appreciate your candor and gentle way of speaking. I believe that you choose your words thoughtfully and carefully. I'm transgender but agree that we've gotten to an unfortunate place in our society.

  • @RicardoFernandez-m8z
    @RicardoFernandez-m8z 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Know Jesus, Know Peace

  • @springwood1331
    @springwood1331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, this was so helpful. Going to do the social media detox

  • @SimonSymeou
    @SimonSymeou 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All very true, glory to God for Fr. Truebenbach explaining this.
    Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me and save me a sinner

  • @HelpOthers45
    @HelpOthers45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This man speaks TRUTH. The absolute TRUTH

  • @geordalewilliams9156
    @geordalewilliams9156 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The return of Paul ☦️

    • @sunnygirl4017
      @sunnygirl4017 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Not I, but the Christ within."

  • @lindaphillips4646
    @lindaphillips4646 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    🎵☦🎶 "O, VICTORIOUS LEADER OF TRIUMPHANT HOSTS,
    WE, THY SERVANTS, DELIVERED FROM EVIL, SING OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TO THEE, O, THEOTOKOS!
    AS THOU DOST POSSESS INVINCIBLE MIGHT, SET US FREE FROM EVERY CALAMITY,
    THAT WE MAY SING, REJOICE!,
    O, UNWEDDED BRIDE!" ☦🎶☦

  • @paulhickmott1770
    @paulhickmott1770 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is simply wicked and it breaks my heart to read these stories may Archangel Raphel through Gods Mercy bless and healall young people eveywhere

  • @savvageorge
    @savvageorge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    8:44 This comes from not being able to control your desires and valuing things from the physical world too highly.

  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos9034 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a really compassionate and reasonable explanation. Thank you Father

  • @Havely777
    @Havely777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really appreciated finding this after a couple weeks of being influenced, by my choice of course from podcasts following on "a better way of living and etc" which I think we all should seek, but from Christ alone, daily.

  • @mireaman1
    @mireaman1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fight is between GOD and Evil. You choose who you want to welcome.

    • @mattiewilliams1138
      @mattiewilliams1138 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

  • @imao7429
    @imao7429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God bless you 🙏 ❤️ all 😊

  • @boiboi2505
    @boiboi2505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think you guys would benefit if a podcast was made by using the audio of these videos. I already listen to them like a podcast, so expanding to another media platform might reach more audience aswell as benefit the subscribers from this channel. Thank you so much!

  • @Doomreb
    @Doomreb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Exactly, the people who are going with the flow are the ones who have courage, yet the ones who go against the flow are not courageous. It's upside down. I remember the late Norm McDonald shocked everyone when he told that to someone on a show that he was judging on. He was a Christian and said just about the same thing. God Bless Father Truebenbach.

  • @wauliepalnuts6134
    @wauliepalnuts6134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, what a profound talk by Fr. Paul. It was so good I watched it twice . Excellent upload, Roots of Orthodoxy!

  • @GPNC1
    @GPNC1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, Father. Your words give us strength and clarity in times of confusion.
    It reminds me that the Word of God is an infinite spring, and whoever drinks from it will never be thirsty.
    I find it interesting that in his work, C.G. Jung foresees the loss of identity and meaning in the life of modern man due to the rise of atheism. The fact that C.G. Jung was more of a man of science than a religious man makes me think of the words of Basil the Great in his "Address to Young Men on Greek Literature" prompting the youth to read the pagan philosophers and poets but always under the light of Jesus Christ.
    On the other hand, some people mention that psychology, specifically the psychology of depth, is only now able to comprehend and "verify" what was written in the works of Maximus the Confessor hundreds of years ago.

  • @lyndahargis8495
    @lyndahargis8495 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amen 🙏 praise Jesus! This man is one of God's true warriors!

  • @mrpeabodythethird
    @mrpeabodythethird 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Truth and love go together. I love this.

  • @Christ_Is_Life10-10
    @Christ_Is_Life10-10 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Powerful! Thank you!❤

  • @biniam_hailu
    @biniam_hailu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless Fr. Paul 🙏

  • @teeciewalk
    @teeciewalk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Years ago I moved several hours away from where my family was. Once I moved, I’d began to read the word like never before. I would read the word morning at noon and night. I had no desire for television or social media. I had weened myself off of all electronics. It’s the closest I’ve ever felt to God. I went years without watching any kind of television unfortunately, I had a roommate that moved in and when realizing I didn’t have cable got it for my room as well. I wish it never happened because I was truly focused on the Word of God. I’m still in the Word but no where near where I was.

  • @TheGardenSamurai
    @TheGardenSamurai 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I love this interview 🙏🏾💙 thank you for this. ( for me this is knowledge that ive come to a similar conclusion with myself just from opening my eyes the last 10 years and currently seeing what we are up against) it makes me understand I’m on the right track in my understanding of things 🙏🏾💙 thank you both

  • @ContentByMarcus
    @ContentByMarcus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks you

  • @divinebahaiknowledge
    @divinebahaiknowledge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    AMEN Father.

  • @user-dv8bs7tb5c
    @user-dv8bs7tb5c 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is my favorite online Priest. I cannot believe how wise he is, and well spoken.

  • @daisycellar
    @daisycellar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this makes so much sense its exactly what i needed